"O' wise and powerful Gods of Hockey... I humbly offer this sacrifice as a token to appease thee for any offenses which has warranted your wrath. I ask thee thy forgiveness and guiding hand and that you favor us as we carry on without our star player and leading scorer".

6. Take the Panther sacrificial item and then tear it, rip it up, or burn it (last part done best outside, of course)

Look folks, its either do this or we buy out Teddy. Some sort of ultimate sacrifice must be made immediately.

OMG will this injury bug not stop. Drouin gets a possible concussion after a hit from behind by our boy Erne. Is that not freakish or what?

Un.

Befuh.

Kinglievable.

This crap just doesn't stop. Even those of us like me who aren't religious ought to be doing some sort of praying to someone or something morning and night for Bishop, St. Louis and everyone else on our club that they be kept as safe as possible while playing a dangerous sport. Bishop gets bulldozed in the cranium every game, it's just a matter of time.

I've said it before and will no doubt be saying it again...It is LONG past time to begin instituting the heavy, draconian, eye-opening fines and penalties for head hits and hits from behind. Video of the Drouin hit can be used as one model. At this point the problem has reached critical mass and requires a nuclear option; there needs to be seriously over-the-top harshness in response. They need 30- and 40-game suspensions for first offenses, coupled with $100k fines to the player, $150k to the coach, $250k to the GM and $500k to the owner. Bet that'll get some guys' attention. Start placing people's brain matter, cognitive function and livelihood above all else, above all ordinary sense of restraint, and just seriously blaze away at some thick wallets. Cause the offenders to experience the most intense, extreme anger from their bosses imaginable: monetary. Jeopardize the offenders' hockey careers for a change, not only the victims'. Let the word go out that all your years of dragging your parents out of bed for 4 am practices, all your sacrifices and all your dreams of stardom could go down the tubes with a single choice to deliver an avoidable hit from behind, to the head or both. This isn't the death penalty, but someone has to decide this must stop. Then we will see this gladiatorial garbage vanish like the old brawls of yesteryear.

You know they WILL do it when someone loses their life. So why wait till that happens on live TV? Do it now.

So according to Erne he says Drouin dove. It wouldn't be the first time I've ever seen a player dive into the boards to receive a penalty call but I just don't see a dive at all on that hit. I just think Erne knows he screwed up but he's a teen and he just doesn't want to admit making a mistake.

So according to Erne he says Drouin dove. It wouldn't be the first time I've ever seen a player dive into the boards to receive a penalty call but I just don't see a dive at all on that hit. I just think Erne knows he screwed up but he's a teen and he just doesn't want to admit making a mistake.

Weird. They're apparently buddies off the ice so you'd think Erne would mix in a couple "I hope he's okay"s in there even if he felt it was a dive. Stupid.